Posted on 06/01/2005 4:16:31 PM PDT by Cowman
In observing the sad state of our society I have noticed a few things that seem to be related. there is a tremendous proliferation of over reaching regulation to prevent accidents. There are air bags and passive restraints to prevent deaths in car crashes. There are all kinds of restrictions on how I can arrange things on my own property to prevent trespassers from hurting themselves. I can't buy a mercury thermometer because some idiot might get exposed to a small amount of a heavy metal. These regulations exist to keep idiots from hurting themselves in the normal course of being idiots.
The idiots appear to be taking over society. An idiot spills coffee on himself and they sue the restaurant and win substantially more than the price of the coffee. The cookie monster is made into the celery monster because cookies are unhealthy. (I just can't fathom Ol' Cookie singing C is for Celery!) Starbucks is able to call a small coffee a "Grande" and charge five bucks for something you can get at the gas station for a buck and a half. And Kerry was considered a serious candidate for President of the United States.
I believe these things are related that by regulating against accidents stupid people are not killing themselves like they are supposed to and the resulting increase in stupidity is pulling the collective IQ of the country down making us an entire nation stupid people.
Perhaps we should start letting the dumb play with blasting caps or grizzly bear insulting.
What do you think?
Ya know Darwin got a bad rap but his "Survival of the Fittest" theory has merit.
If he were alive to day I venture if he read the story of Rachel Corey he would nod knowingly.
And then go out for pancakes
As do I. I was very disappointed. It started well enough but took a left turn to nowhere and went straight into the loo. I am currently recording the BBC Radio weekly broadcasts of the Quandary and Quintessential phases of HHGTTG. They feature most of the original cast and are quite good.
When I moved to the city none of my neighbors could fix something without hiring someone or calling a government service.
My old man taught me how to fix stuff and I am in great demand among my friends and associates as a "fix-it" guy. I am amazed at how many people are unable to do simple tasks. I am teaching my son the same skills. He seems very apt. There may be hope for the next generation yet.
Many of the regulations, etc., mentioned are to avoid and prevent law suits. The juries have made ridiculous awards for a lot of 'stupid' stuff. Perhaps, because they see it as a 'big corporation' and a poor person; however, it sets precedents, and that allows basis for further future law suits ... on and on . The boundaries keep moving. Law suits are the cause of many, many, problems in our nation.
As my sweetie knows, I work with realtors all day. The most dangerous of the stupids, are the ones who actually think they are smart. And there are more and more every year.
And society permits, nay, encourages the lawyers? Case closed.
Tell ya what,
Buy a baby crib these days.
It comes with SO many warning lables-- some permanent even--- that it doesn't even look pretty anymore.
It looks scary and kinda creepy because it details all the horrible things that could happen to the baby. But they're the kinds of things that usually happen when idiots parent.
So if they remove the lables, the idiot population might decline. ;)
realtors are genuises next to most lawyers I've met.
Saint 'Rachel Corey' Pancake.... LOL!!!
I called a local radio talkshow the other day.
The host was whining about a school named after one of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson. He said that now that is was known that Jefferson owned slaves, we should change the name and he was soliciting new names...
I called in and said, Saint 'Rachel Corey' Pancake.
He hung up on me.
Party pooper!
That reminds me...
Some comedian used to say that the one thing we all had in common is that ALL of us thought we were above average drivers.
Ain't that the truth!!!
;-)
PS... I'm a very good driver!
You must live in DC.
Leveling the gene pool.....one idiot at a time....
First a prostitution ping, and now this!
My dear, are you trying to give me a complex???
8^)
8^)
I would like to see
statistics on IQ's and
VANITY thread counts . . .
He was NOT as good a driver as I am!
I'm a VERY good driver!
;-)
But, boy could he count toothpicks!
The ping is about stupid people, not that you are a stupid people! Sheesh!
Maybe we could make Soylent Green out of stupid people. Or how bout Green can be made outta libs, and Blue can be made outta dolts.
Even my wife says I'm a good driver, so it must be true.
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